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There but for the grace of…

Storms are about the only serious encounters I find here.

Weltanschauungsgeschichte

The anachronistic Biblicism of Alabama.

Driving the back roads of Central Alabama I hear people interpreting the daily news according to the Bible. “Unprecedented times” they say. Never in history before… Profound ignorance of history and biblical belief leads again to such apocalyptic nonsense.

In a museum in central Weimar I recall a display with a quote a quote written the day of the funeral of Frederick Schiller by a leader of the nascent bourgeoisie , when most of the population went to a new entertainment in the nearby park:

…als ob er [Schiller] nicht unter uns gelebt hätte.

Literary struggles with God and godlessness in differing streams of ideas and beliefs in society

The president among the truly hopeless.

Two presidents… each singly ruined the states and reputations of their nations in the world.